Abstract

Document files are files for storing documents on storage media particularly for use by computer systems. These
files are viewed by using software which displays the text contents of these files in readable format. Nevertheless,
it is necessary to have applications for converting the electronic files into forms appropriate for use by people
with certain impairments. This research study proposes the design and implementation of a document reader
using speech synthesis technology. When a user provides a document file as an input, he/she will be able to
listen to the system as it reads out the content of the document file. There are various options of materials for
developing such a system, but the ones chosen in this research study are JDK8, Java, JavaFX framework,
NetBeans amongst others. The methods used are structured design analysis, object-oriented design approach
and top-down method. These methods were chosen because of their benefits in software development.